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NICD Reports 5 644 New COVID-19 Cases In SA

Coronavirus patients receive oxygen in the Intensive Care Unit of a Hospital in Machakos, Kenya, August 20, 2021.

The NICD reports 5,644 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2,770,575. This increase represents a 17.6% positivity rate. As per the National Department of Health, a further 235 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 81,830 to date.

16,426,011 tests have been conducted in both public and private sectors as per the table below.

SectorTotal testedNew tested
Private8,965,06755%11,25235%
Public7,460,94445%20,78865%
Total16,426,01132,040

PROVINCIAL BREAKDOWN
The majority of new cases today are from KwaZulu-Natal (35%), followed by Western Cape and Eastern Cape (16%) each. Free State accounted for 10%; Northern Cape accounted for 7%; Gauteng Province and Mpumalanga accounted for 6% each; North West accounted for 3%; and Limpopo Province accounted for 1% of today’s new cases. The cumulative number of cases by province is shown in the table below:

ProvinceTotal cases for 29 Aug 2021Adjusted numbers after harmonisationUpdated total cases on 29 Aug 2021New cases on 30 Aug 2021Total cases for 30 Aug 2021Percentage total
Eastern Cape266,3490266,349931267,2809.6
Free State147,4210147,421552147,9735.3
Gauteng904,5906904,596343904,93932.7
KwaZulu-Natal476,1930476,1931,982478,17517.3
Limpopo119,7195119,72444119,7684.3
Mpumalanga144,0843144,087327144,4145.2
North West142,850-16142,834170143,0045.2
Northern Cape80,666080,66639281,0582.9
Western Cape483,0592483,061903483,96417.5
Unknown000000.0
Total2,764,93102,764,9315,6442,770,575100.0

THE 7-DAY MOVING AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES BY PROVINCE
The total number of cases today (n= 5 644) is lower than yesterday (n= 7 740) and lower than the average number of new cases per day over the 7 preceding days (n= 10 281). The 7-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased.

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HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
There has been an increase of 291 hospital admissions in the past 24 hours. The following table is a summary of reported COVID-19 admissions by sector.

SectorFacilities ReportingAdmissions
to Date
Died to DateCurrently Admitted
Private255191,01634,8085,994
Public409216,40052,6436,879
TOTAL664407,41687,45112,873

VACCINE UPDATE
For updates on the national vaccine programme, click here.

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